Social Science blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1052956470608258682015-02-27T15:06:20+00:00From the Social Science team at the British Library. It records the projects we are involved in as well as events, resources and research methods. Aimed at anyone with an interest in social sciences from academics and students to policy-makers, practitioners and journalists.TypePadsocialscienceresearchhttps://feedburner.google.comPropaganda and Ideology in Everyday Lifetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01b7c75599d2970b2015-02-27T15:06:20+00:002015-03-02T10:39:09+00:00This week, we announced our new online course Propaganda and Ideology in Everyday Life. This is the first online course of its type that is using the Library's collections, and we are developing and delivering it with the Centre for the Study of Ideologies at the University of Nottingham. The...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/socialscienceresearch/~4/l80yQKzBPDs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Ian Cookehttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2015/02/propaganda.html2014 in review: Management Book of the Year, the problem with democracy, epigenetics and beyond.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01b7c743a693970b2015-02-02T12:02:26+00:002015-02-02T12:05:30+00:002014 saw British Library curators working across diverse themes, including: sport, law, language, gender, ageing and democracy. Through conferences, exhibitions, workshops and collection development, we worked with a range of audiences, uncovering new insights to our collections and learning more about contemporary research. Here are some highlights: The annual Chartered...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/socialscienceresearch/~4/p_bCQbc3tow" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Robert Davieshttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2015/02/2014-in-review-management-book-of-the-year-the-problem-with-democracy-epigenetics-and-beyond.htmlActivist Archives: Making Markstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01b7c73fae3a970b2015-01-27T14:05:00+00:002015-01-27T13:59:44+00:00Minutes of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1787. Add.21254. Copyright The British Library Board The British Library has been collecting the publications and records of various campaigns for hundreds of years, including the Chartist movement, and campaigns for the abolition of the trade in slaves, and...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/socialscienceresearch/~4/aJ-ClJOp8rs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Ian Cookehttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2015/01/activist-archives.htmlSWOTY 2014tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01b8d0ac6a96970c2014-12-22T12:46:31+00:002014-12-22T12:45:44+00:00Jonnie Robinson, Lead Curator of Spoken English, writes: It's customary at this time of year for individuals, societies, institutions and industries to reflect on the previous twelve months and nominate people, events or phenomena for special recognition. In November, for instance, lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary selected vape [=...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/socialscienceresearch/~4/f_5XlhHuSTw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Jonnie Robinsonhttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2014/12/swoty-2014.htmlODIN - Linking datasets and their creatorstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01b7c71cec54970b2014-12-12T10:05:41+00:002014-12-12T10:03:03+00:00Rachael Kotarski, Content Specialist for Datasets, gives us an update on the ODIN project: You may or may not have noticed from various blog posts that we love persistent identifiers at the British Library, especially for data. There's no better way to tell the difference between two datasets – or...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/socialscienceresearch/~4/Uw0VhxAnJcY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Ian Cookehttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2014/12/odin.htmlFeminism in London Conferencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01b7c7158689970b2014-12-02T12:43:59+00:002014-12-02T12:43:19+00:00Louise Kimpton Nye writes: Last month Polly Russell and I joined about 1000 other people in a vast auditorium at the Institute for Education for the Feminism in London Conference. We were there partly for professional reasons - Polly, a Curator at the British Library, manages a project to digitise,...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/socialscienceresearch/~4/iZ9FMM1aLpE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Robert Davieshttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2014/12/feminism-in-london-conference.htmlSocio-Economic Developments since 1820tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01b7c70eb4fb970b2014-11-25T13:40:21+00:002014-11-26T11:59:15+00:00Jerry Jenkins writes: While unpacking some parcels earlier in the month, Matthew Shaw, the North American Curator and I were comparing the contents of our respective parcels. I produced from my parcel an OECD title: How Was Life? Global Well-Being Since 1820. It struck me on browsing the contents that...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/socialscienceresearch/~4/phI0WTfAako" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Robert Davieshttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2014/11/socio-economic-developments-since-1820.htmlCollecting the Referendumtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01bb07ae1208970d2014-11-18T17:31:09+00:002014-11-18T17:24:44+00:00During the months leading up to the Scottish Independence Referendum, The British Library participated in a Web Archiving project to reflect the debate in Scotland and across the UK. This project was led by the National Library of Scotland. In this guest post, Amy Todman, Referendum Curator at the NLS,...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/socialscienceresearch/~4/J1NGyrohI_I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Ian Cookehttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2014/11/collecting-referendum.htmlSaturday 15th November: Too much information? Join the debate tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01bb07a9071a970d2014-11-10T16:49:46+00:002014-11-11T09:32:34+00:00This Saturday, the British Library and Speakers Corner Trust will be at Senate House, University of London, to help celebrate the launch of the Being Human Festival. We're very excited that Zoe Williams and Jeremy Gilbert will be joining us to introduce our two debates, 'Truth, Propaganda and Purpose', and...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/socialscienceresearch/~4/0JdCwzUVaFA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Ian Cookehttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2014/11/too-much-information.htmlAutumn/Winter Eventstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01bb07a083dd970d2014-10-29T10:00:00+00:002014-10-29T10:00:00+00:00Robert Davies, Engagement Support for Social Sciences gives an update on some forthcoming events and conferences to be held at the library. Our ‘autumn/winter season’ starts on the evening of the 26th November with the first in our new series of public discussions ‘Enduring Ideas’ which aims to explore some...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/socialscienceresearch/~4/k8nHS8W9MaY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Robert Davieshttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/2014/10/autumnwinter-events.html